REGAL COMMUNITY MUSICAL 2020
*AUDITIONS SUNDAY 2ND FEBRUARY*
13 - 17 years old 9am - 9:45am
17+ 10am - 12pm
Characters and synopsis below - to book a slot please email: jack@regaltenbury.co.uk
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Creative team:
Producer - Westley Bone
Director/Choreographer - Jack Ludwig
Musical Director - Ian Room
Production Dates:
27th June - 4th July 2020
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We are in the wild, lusty, warm and humorous Old West of Deadwood City, Dakota Territory, 1876. Our story tells of famed Calamity Jane who dresses, rides and shoots like a man, but given the proper chance can be a beautiful girl who hankers for the love of a man. The man may be dashing Lt. Danny Gilmartin or the justly famed Wild Bill Hickok.
Fuss-budget Henry Miller, owner of Deadwood’s hotel-bar-theatre, nervously awaits the arrival of the lovely eastern actress, Frances Fryer, to embellish his show. His niece, Susan, assures him that Calamity will bring the stagecoach to town on time. And so Calamity does to the sharp and singable beat of Deadwood Stage. But the “actress” turns out to be a young man, “Francis” and not “Frances” of the hoped-for opposite sex.
The show must go on, and “Millie” contrives to dress Fryer as a woman, but when the latter’s wig falls off during the show, the local characters rise in noisy anger. Only Calam’s trusty pistol restores order; also her promise that “Millie,” to make amends, will import to Deadwood the east’s most glamorous star, Adelaid Adams herself. The men are overjoyed, but Will Bill, Lt. Danny Gilmartin and “Millie” know full well that Adelaid Adams wouldn’t be caught dead in Deadwood.
Calam, after a rip-roaring song-battle with Wild Bill expressed in I Can Do Without You, storms out headed for Chicago.
Calam mistakes Adelaid’s maid, Katie Brown, for the great actress herself. Before she is aware of it, she is stage-coaching Katie back to Deadwood where Katie is greeted in high excitement as the famed Adelaid Adams.
Unnerved by Fryer when he becomes aware of her true identity, Katie breaks down at the opening show, and only Calam’s masterful control of the audience saves the day. Bucked up by Calam, Susan and Fryer, Katie gives a show-stopping performance. All of Deadwood’s hearts are won, not the least being the hearts of Danny and Wild Bill.
After a ball given in honor of the new commander at Fort Scully, Calam, dressed in Katie’s finery, is the belle of the event. Her hour of triumph explodes when she finds Katie with Danny. In a fit of jealous anger she orders Katie to leave town, but Wild Bill corners her and reveals to the inner Calam that she is a real woman despite the fact she professes to act like a man. She learns that it was Bill all the time (not Danny) she loved. Her realization is expressed in the hauntingly lovely Secret Love which won an Academy Award.
CALAMITY JANE closes joyously with all of Deadwood’s citizens attending a double wedding, that of Calam to Wild Bill and Katie to Lt. Danny Gilmartin. Two wonderfully humorous ballets and such numbers as Windy City, A Woman’s Touch, Black Hills of Dakota, Adelaid and Higher Than A Hawk make CALAMITY JANE one of the most rewarding school and community group productions.
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Calamity Jane
GENDER: Female
PART SIZE: Lead
VOCAL PART: Mezzo-Soprano
Calamity Jane (Low G (Opt. F) to D Flat (Opt. E. Flat) The hard-bitten, gun-totin' heroine, who tries to behave like a man but can't help loving like a woman. In order to hold her own in a man's world, she dresses, speaks, rides and shoots like a man ; groomed and dressed in proper feminine fashion, she is revealed as a beautiful girl-and the transformation is quite startling.
Wild Bill Hickok
GENDER: Male
PART SIZE: Lead
VOCAL PART: Bass
Wild Bill Hickock ( B Flat to E Natural) - Aged about 35, and a handsome figure of a man, he is an ex-peacc-officer turned professional gambler. Good-natured, with a sense of humour. In love with Calamity Jane, but doesn't know it.
Kate Brown
GENDER: Female
PART SIZE: Supporting
VOCAL PART: Mezzo-Soprano
Katie Brown(Low F Sharp to C Sharp) - A stage-struck city-girl who poses as a famous actress, but has good looks and talents of her own.
Lieutenant Danny Gilmartin
GENDER: Male
PART SIZE: Supporting
VOCAL PART: Baritone
Lieutenant Danny Gilmartin ( B Flat to E Flat) - A young officer attached to the nearby fort. He is the man Calamity Jane dreams about, but he falls in love with somebody quite different.
Henry Miller
GENDER: Male
PART SIZE: Supporting
VOCAL PART: Spoken
Henry Miller (Non-singing) - Proprietor of " The Golden Garter ", Deadwood City's saloon-hotel-theatre. Aged about 50, he is nervous and erratic-giving the impression that he is constantly only one jump ahead of a nervous breakdown.
Francis Fryer
GENDER: Male
PART SIZE: Supporting
VOCAL PART: Tenor
Francis Fryer ( B Flat to D) - A song-and-dance man more at home in the vaudeville theatres of the Eastern States than in the Wild West.
Adelaid Adams
GENDER: Female
PART SIZE: Featured
VOCAL PART: Alto
Adelaide Adams (Low F Sharp to B (Opt. D)) - A highly-paid vaudeville star and celebrated " beauty " of the period ; off-stage, a selfish and conceited woman.
Susan Miller
GENDER: Female
PART SIZE: Featured
VOCAL PART: Mezzo-Soprano
Susan (Non-singing) - Miller's young, friendly and pretty niece.
Rattlesnake
GENDER: Male
PART SIZE: Featured
VOCAL PART: Spoken
Rattlesnake (Non-singing) - A bewhiskered old fossil who drives the stage-coach.
Doc Pierce
GENDER: Male
PART SIZE: Featured
VOCAL PART: Spoken
"Doc" Pierce (Non-singing) - Deadwood City's doctor/undertaker, with doubtful qualifications but considerable experience. A poker-playing pal of Hickock's.
Joe
GENDER: Male
PART SIZE: Featured
VOCAL PART: Spoken
Joe (Non-singing) - Bartender of "The Golden Garter"
Prospector
GENDER: Male
PART SIZE: Featured
VOCAL PART: Spoken
Hugh Kingsley
GENDER: Male
PART SIZE: Featured
VOCAL PART: Spoken
Hank and Pete - Two Scouts.
Colonel of Fort Scully.
Chorus/Ensemble
GENDER: Either Gender
PART SIZE: Ensemble
VOCAL PART: Mixed
Ensemble, Cowpunchers, Bullwhakers, Prospectors, Trappers, Indians, Women of the town, Chorus Girls, Officers, Soldiers and their Wives, Stage Coach Passengers, etc
